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Tuna Mayonnaise Sandwich with Salad

 Had a breakfast box of tuna mayonnaise sandwich with salad.  

There was tuna mayonnaise sandwiched between a slide of wholemeal bread and a slice of charcoal bread.  Not sure why the bread combination was so, and it did look a little strange at the beginning.  Thought thatt he sandwich might be better had the bread been toasted.

Liked the salad though.  There was quite a bit of quinoa and rocket leaves with bits of cucumber, corn kernals and 3 cherry tomatoes.  Ate the salad without the dressing, and could eat more of the salad!

Strange Houses | Uketsu | HarperVia

 

覆面ユーチューバーの雨穴 が執筆した『変な家』は非常に人気が高く、英語版も出版されており、書店では数週間ベストセラーリストにランクインしているようだ。

私は本の表紙に載っている間取り図にとても興味をそそられ、英語訳を読むことで、著者が意図した細部を見逃すことなく、物語を完全に理解できるだろうと考えました。

『変な家』は楽しく読めた。真実が明らかになるまで、ずっとハラハラドキドキさせられた。そして、なんとも奇妙な真実だった！

『変な家』は既にドラマ化されているのでしょうか？もし本当にドラマ化されているとしても驚きませんし、制作チームがどのようにして家々の内部を表現するのか気になります。

[ビバリー] Where’s Wally? イカリを上げて大行進

Grand Hotel Riga

The Grand Hotel Riga is located along the banks of the Danube River, which would make it a really attractive hotel to stay in.  Unfortunately, I was quite caught off-guard by the almost incesssant (heavy) snowing to even want to make that little walk to the banks of the Danube River in Ruse.

I was quite prepared to resign myself to the room I saw on Hotel Riga's website before I checked-in, but it seems to appear that I was allocated a more expensive room that had more interesting furniture and looked like more thought had gone into its design.  Perhaps this is a perk of patronising a hotel when most people would rather stay home in knee-deep snow!

The room was quite spacious and so was the bathroom.  I'm guessing that in the warmer summer months without all that heaps of snow and slush everywhere and when Ruse looks gorgeous in photographs, there would be no chance of me being allocated to such a room at this hotel at the rate I paid.

思想 - 五四一百周年| 聯經出版

偶然发现了这本杂志，主题为“五四一百周年”。

《思想》的读者群是学术派的吗？感觉没有相当自主思想的人会觉得杂志内容相当并非大众喜于花时间深读的。

我呢，就把它当成是一次开拓视野的机会。一百年后回看五四运动，学者的评论，再过个百年，或更多的百年，还会一样吗？

正義女神

哇！！《正义女神》昨夜 大结局。过去几个星期周一至周五我准时八点半守在电视机前等着这部瞪眼剧，好久好久没为了看剧这么自律了。呵。

《正义女神》着重于犯罪被控上庭的少年罪犯，编剧还非常有心地给言官很多苦口婆心的台词，算是比之前的《一号皇庭》系列有所不同，也让人认识到青少年犯罪往往不只是青少年本身的问题，他们的父母，学校环境，交友状况，任何一个或超过一个环节都可能是问题点。

佘诗曼这次的角色与以往的不同，我也觉得她瞪眼的表演要比陈炜更有层次。绝对是这部剧的一大看点。

我觉得不足之处有：

• 整部剧不见爷爷奶奶外公外婆的角色，挺不写实的。
• 直到最后一集最后半小时高大状的仔才被定罪，而且证据竟然是高大壮发现，（良心发现）后快递给言官当呈堂证据的。若没高大状这举动，警方查无有利证据，高大状的仔岂不罪名不成立？编剧这么写，让我瞬间穿越到戏说台湾，想大喊举头三尺有神明啊！！剧末曲的第一句 “Late, but never denied“ 在昨夜的大结局就很牵强了。
• 我知道以真正的青少年来饰演少年罪犯是不可能也不道德的。但演员的实际年龄与他们饰演的角色的年龄可否在十年以内啊？有些饰演少年犯的演员从电视屏幕透出的过分降龄演出时尴尬的。
• 我不知道选角的要求是什么，但整个大台就没有一个年轻男演员可以胜任高成彬的角色吗？非得用个女演员反串？
• 黄庭锋的角色到底是个警察还是言官的私家调查员？只见黄庭锋频频向言官汇报进展，却不见他向警队里的上司汇报进展。

戏剧创作虽是虚构之作，但是否就能太过脱离现实？

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康有为 | 朱义禄| 大家精要丛书

 这本《康有为》好薄的一本书，我挺意外的。或许是简约版吧。

康有为作为梁启超的老师，启发了梁启超的思想，开拓了大清帝国光绪帝的视野，后世汉字学者对这位保皇党的评价贬多于褒，说他人品道德败坏，自视过高。。。

姑且不论康有为动机为何，从大清帝国皇帝的视野，康有为算是'rebellious'吗？康有为觉得变法是大清帝国的契机，可惜彼岸明治维新的成功未在大清帝国的土地上成功。生为汉人，康有为拥护满族皇帝从汉人的视野来说应该在当时甚至于今时今日的汉人眼里相当的奇葩吧。

不过呢，我从英国人评论Magna Carta中认识到，只要时间的长流够长，经过时代的变迁，视野的改变，各个世代对某人某事的评价是会有所不同的。

Holiday Inn Skopje

Holiday Inn Skopje is located along the Vardar River, which is a nice location, as there are many restaurants along the way from Skopje Old Town.  

The twin room and bathroom are decent and functional, and there even is a balcony, from which I retreated quite quickly as the temperature plunged unpon nightfall.

I didn't quite understand why housekeeping decided to place the bathroom glasses at the ledge above the toilet instead of on the vanity area around the sink.  But, I was quite happy to see that Holiday Inn provided tissue paper, which most hotels that I stayed in Eastern Balkans did not.  Is tissue not used much there, I wonder.